Wednesday, May 20, 2015

BACK IN BIG SKY COUNTRY, WRITER AND PHOTOGRAPHER REVEL IN NATURE, BOOK TOUR

Christene Meyers takes questions from the floor at a weekend reading from "Lilian's Last Dance." She is touring Montanaand Wyoming with readings from the book, which is set in part in the American West.

Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam......a recent reading in the artful Harris home.

STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERSPHOTOS By BRUCE KELLER

The Harris home in Absarokee hosted a recent "Lilian's Last Dance" reading.

WE'RE BACK in the Big Sky and happy to be reading for "home town" people from our paperback,
A weekend reading party at the Kent and Linda Harris home in Absarokee was standing room only.Montana re-entry features books and birds

Old friend and arts supporter, Linda spearheaded the popular Absarokee Art and Wine Festival for 20 years, and she and Kent have long been arts boosters and participants.

At the Absaroka Fine Arts-sponsored reading, Linda talked of her long friendship with Christene Meyers in introducing "Cookie" to the group, all supporters of AFA's fundraising endeavors. It's annual production of "Shakespeare in the Parks" by the Montana Repertory Theater takes place this summer.THE READINGS each have a different flavor and the discussions depend upon questions. The lively group at the Harris home wanted to know how each character was developed, and how long research took. The book was begun in 1997! Each setting -- from Paris to Chicago and the Gallatin Valley -- was carefully visited during the research.